UNH Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, UNH traded between $65.27 and $72.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 17.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 22.4%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $67.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.09.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-18: Highest Volume — 25,985 contracts
  • 2013-07-18: Largest IV drop — 23.4% change
  • 2013-07-10: Highest IV Rank — 25.7%
  • 2013-07-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$69.32$65.27$72.85$65.63$72.85
Max Pain$65.80$65.00$67.50$65.00$67.50
ATM IV20.2%17.4%25.2%20.2%22.0%
Expected Move5.8%5.0%6.6%6.5%5.4%
HV 20d22.4%18.2%28.9%18.9%25.5%
HV 60d21.3%18.7%22.5%21.0%22.1%
IV Rank17.1%12.2%25.7%17.0%20.2%
IV Percentile41.3%10.7%85.3%38.9%66.3%
Term Structure0.4%-0.8%1.4%-0.3%1.0%
VWIV20.7%18.3%24.7%22.9%19.5%
Skew 25d2.9%2.3%3.6%3.1%2.4%
Skew 10d6.4%4.2%8.7%6.8%5.6%
Call IV 25d19.2%16.6%21.6%21.2%17.9%
Put IV 25d22.1%18.9%25.0%24.3%20.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.544.6612.178.177.96
Gamma HHI0.190.150.270.240.16
Net GEX12.2M8.4M15.3M11.8M13.1M
Net DEX-510.7M-659.5M-319.5M-339.8M-650.0M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.0M-1.7M-2.0M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.090.232.311.530.82
Total Volume8,510.2731,45125,9854,1314,036
Total OI198,338179,184219,602179,184206,917

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$65.63$65.0020.2%6.5%18.9%17.0%22.9%3.1%-0.3%11.8M-339.8M-2.0M1.538.171,6312,500110,71668,468
2013-07-02$65.27$65.0018.8%6.4%18.8%14.5%22.5%3.2%-0.1%11.1M-319.5M-2.0M0.574.661,7791,019110,46669,607
2013-07-03$65.54$65.0019.4%6.6%18.2%15.6%24.7%3.4%-0.8%11.6M-334.5M-2.0M2.319.891,8124,187111,53769,822
2013-07-05$66.17$65.0020.0%6.4%18.4%16.6%22.5%3.6%0.1%11.5M-361.9M-2.0M1.667.31545906112,31672,866
2013-07-08$67.56$65.0020.6%6.1%19.3%17.7%22.4%3.5%0.3%11.7M-426.8M-1.9M0.649.297,5804,864112,14072,657
2013-07-09$67.97$65.0021.5%6.2%18.6%19.3%21.4%3.1%0.1%11.9M-455.8M-1.9M0.237.339,2022,075115,69175,219
2013-07-10$67.69$65.0025.2%6.2%18.8%25.7%21.5%3.1%0.3%12.6M-473.4M-2.0M1.177.862,1162,471122,14676,045
2013-07-11$68.36$65.0021.1%6.0%18.9%18.5%20.5%2.8%0.1%12.8M-498.9M-1.9M0.399.383,7771,470120,29076,709
2013-07-12$68.00$65.0021.2%6.1%19.1%18.7%20.4%3.4%-0.0%13.0M-479.0M-2.0M1.367.753,7415,099122,04977,282
2013-07-15$67.62$65.0021.6%6.2%19.1%19.5%22.6%3.5%-0.3%13.0M-455.7M-2.0M2.097.365,32911,128123,74478,359
2013-07-16$66.91$65.0022.1%6.3%19.5%20.2%22.2%3.5%-0.7%9.6M-399.9M-2.0M1.4410.252,6143,755125,14386,660
2013-07-17$66.23$65.0022.8%6.5%18.7%21.4%22.4%3.4%-0.8%8.4M-355.3M-2.0M1.7212.178,21414,133125,68987,628
2013-07-18$70.55$65.0017.4%5.0%28.9%12.2%18.3%2.4%1.3%15.3M-622.0M-1.7M0.575.4316,5159,470124,80288,110
2013-07-19$71.45$65.0017.8%5.1%27.3%12.8%18.8%2.5%1.2%12.4M-659.5M-1.8M0.495.8611,2365,454128,31091,292
2013-07-22$72.18$65.0018.1%5.2%27.3%13.4%18.9%2.3%1.1%12.2M-614.4M-1.7M0.987.374,5534,480119,34872,190
2013-07-23$72.69$67.5018.1%5.2%27.2%13.3%18.4%2.3%0.9%12.1M-629.4M-1.7M0.976.232,7322,661120,70773,924
2013-07-24$72.53$67.5018.3%5.2%26.3%13.6%18.6%2.4%1.0%11.9M-621.4M-1.7M0.255.957,6511,878121,09475,229
2013-07-25$72.62$67.5018.0%5.1%26.1%13.1%18.7%2.5%1.4%14.0M-641.3M-1.8M1.094.971,7431,893127,15076,072
2013-07-26$72.21$67.5018.1%5.3%25.9%13.3%19.1%2.5%1.2%13.2M-622.4M-1.8M1.766.671,7693,106127,90976,616
2013-07-29$72.79$67.5021.5%5.4%25.4%19.2%19.6%2.4%0.9%12.9M-648.1M-1.7M0.626.172,0441,262127,43377,226
2013-07-30$72.27$67.5021.8%5.3%25.7%19.7%18.8%2.4%1.2%12.9M-625.5M-1.8M1.257.971,2411,555127,90277,956
2013-07-31$72.85$67.5022.0%5.4%25.5%20.2%19.5%2.4%1.0%13.1M-650.0M-1.7M0.827.962,2201,816128,43678,481